Australian Force Somalia : 1992-1993 / Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993. International relief
Breen, Bob,
Australian Force Somalia : 1992-1993 / Bob Breen. - 208 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. - Australian Army campaign series ; 31. . - Australian Army campaign series ; 31. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-199) and index.
In 1992, civil war, drought and economic collapse left four million Somalis destitute, displaced and starving. Twenty-six nations sent their young men and women to make sure that food reached those who needed it. Australia joined this international 'coalition of the willing' with the Australian Force Somalia comprised of a 1,000-strong battalion group based on 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment from the 3rd Brigade in Townsville as well as a small national liaison headquarters from 1st Division in Brisbane. Opposing the US-led Unified Task Force were Somali warlords and their militia armies that had been pillaging humanitarian aid and terrorising the Somali population during a bloody civil war.
9781922615183
United Nations--Peacekeeping forces--Somalia.
Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993.
International relief--Somalia.
Australia--Armed Forces--Foreign service--Somalia.
Australia--Relations--Somalia.
Somalia--Social conditions--1960-
363.34988
Australian Force Somalia : 1992-1993 / Bob Breen. - 208 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. - Australian Army campaign series ; 31. . - Australian Army campaign series ; 31. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-199) and index.
In 1992, civil war, drought and economic collapse left four million Somalis destitute, displaced and starving. Twenty-six nations sent their young men and women to make sure that food reached those who needed it. Australia joined this international 'coalition of the willing' with the Australian Force Somalia comprised of a 1,000-strong battalion group based on 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment from the 3rd Brigade in Townsville as well as a small national liaison headquarters from 1st Division in Brisbane. Opposing the US-led Unified Task Force were Somali warlords and their militia armies that had been pillaging humanitarian aid and terrorising the Somali population during a bloody civil war.
9781922615183
United Nations--Peacekeeping forces--Somalia.
Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993.
International relief--Somalia.
Australia--Armed Forces--Foreign service--Somalia.
Australia--Relations--Somalia.
Somalia--Social conditions--1960-
363.34988